[blindlaw] Issues using Jaws and Westlaw in the last 24 hours.

[Sy Hoekstra]

The fact that we don't have access to that feature is quite annoying and
really slows down legal research relative to sighted colleagues.

But I think Josh is talking about something that happened in the last day
that is different than the normal copy/paste problems we have. I haven't
noticed anything.  I was definitely on WL yesterday.  I don't think I was
today though.


-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon
Dillon via BlindLaw
Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 7:51 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Shannon Dillon <shannonldillon at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Issues using Jaws and Westlaw in the last 24 hours.

I have written about the issue regarding the automatic appending of
citations to WestLaw several times.

On 8/9/17, Singh, Nandini via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I, too, have noticed wacky copy-paste jobs. This is doubly annoying, since
I
> know for sighted users, you can not only copy-and-paste the selected text
> but also the citation is appended automatically after your excerpt.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon
> Dillon via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 7:10 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Cc: Shannon Dillon
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Issues using Jaws and Westlaw in the last 24
hours.
>
> I have problems regularly selecting and copying text from WestLaw.
> Frequently I end up with text I didn't mean to copy pasted into my
> document, or missing words I thought were selected. And I'm sure I
> selected the text.  I have a Braille display and speech and I'm very
> specific about what I am trying to copy.
>
> Additionally does anyone else have the following problems with WestLaw
> on a regular basis:
> _ if I save a case or statute to a folder, I can't exit out of the
> folder area.  It says you should be able to close it with escape or by
> pressing enter on the close button but neither works for me.
> - I can never access the advanced search link with JAWS 18.  I always
> have to unload JAWS 18 and bring up JAWS 16 to activate the link.
> -Shannon
>
> On 8/9/17, Josh Loevy via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Curious if anyone else has come across issues with Westlaw in the last
>> day.
>> Specifically, Jaws is having trouble reading the formatting of cases, and
>> will not copy and paste correctly. My sighted colleagues  have had no
>> issues. I am planning on contacting Westlaw, but wanted to see if anyone
>> else is running into similar problems.
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